Soldier profiles

Name : HAYNES, GORDON
Service Number : WX14007
Date of Birth : 21/02/1908
Place of Birth : HORSHAM, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : MILK DELIVERY
Date of Enlistment : 11/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH PERTH, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : HAYNES, EILEEN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 04/03/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : NIKI 3 (THAILAND)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0039 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6470967 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1031965 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 674kB)

Background : At enlistment : husband of Eileen Gertrude Haynes with 2 children under 16 years of age. Sent as General Reinforcements. At discharge : height 5 feet 6 inches, hazel eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married with 2 children under 16 years of age. Marks / scars : top lip. Full time war service : A.I.F. 11/06/1941 to 04/03/1946 which included 1728 days active service (141 days within Australia & 1438 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java area, embarked from Australia 07/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 15/10/1945. War badge no. 222355. Discharge certificate no. 344875.

Service record.
11/06/1941 Taken on strength.
13/06/1941 Transferred to R.T.D. Naval Base.
13/06/1941 Marched into Naval Base T.D.
20/06/1941 Transferred from Naval Base T.D. to 3 Training Battalion.
25/06/1941 Transferred from 3 Training Battalion to 1 Training Battalion (Northam, W.A.) for 2/16 Battalion Reinforcements.
28/06/1941 Granted pre embarkation leave 28/06/1941 to 04/07/1941.
09/07/1941 Evacuated to Convalescent Hospital with diarrhea.
13/07/1941 Discharged from Convalescent Hospital.
13/07/1941 Rejoined unit.
07/11/1941 Embarked on Convoy no. 13 Fremantle, Western Australia.
24/11/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
20/01/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 21 Infantry Training Battalion.
31/01/1942 Embarked Port Tewfik, Suez on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action & transferred to X list.
23/09/1942 Reported prisoner of war.
01/10/1942 Reported missing in action now believed prisoner of war.
13/12/1944 Reported prisoner of war.
30/12/1944 Reported interned in prisoner of war Niki 3 (Thailand) camp.
16/02/1945 Reported interned in prisoner of war Niki 3 (Thailand) camp.
10/08/1945 Recovered from Japanese in Thailand.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
05/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Brigade.
15/10/1945 Disembarked Fremantle, Western Australia.
27/11/1945 Evacuated to 110 Australian General Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
13/12/1945 Discharged from 110 Australian General Hospital to 109 Australian Convalescent Depot.
01/03/1946 Discharged from 109 Australian Convalescent Depot to General Details Depot.
04/03/1946 Discharged.